genial, generous, noble nature of Sir Walter, and his chivalrous sacrifice of himself on the altar of duty and of honor, have also very much contributed to increase and perpetuate his fame.

Mr. Mackenzie has done good service to Literature by his judicious and timely Memoir. His heart is in his work. Lockhart's volumes are fascinating to the cultivated few, but tedious to the restless many. An abridgement was necessary. Mr. Mackenzie has executed his task not elegantly, but well, and produced nearly the right book at exactly the right time.

A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, LIVING AND DECEASED. From the earliest accounts to the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. Containing over forty-three thousand articles (Authors). With forty Indexes of Subjects. By S. Austin Allibone. Vol. II. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1870. Super-royal octavo, pp. 1321.

The First Volume of this great work appeared twelve years ago, or in 1859. It was published by Messrs. Childs & Peterson. This was just before the commencement of our late war. The disturbed financial condition of the country, it seems, has only delayed the publication of the two remaining volumes, one of which is already before us; the names and character of the publishers are sufficient guarantee that the whole work will soon be given to the public. We can hardly speak too commendingly of this Critical Dictionary of English and American Literateurs and Authors. Our editorial labors lead us to refer to works of this class constantly, and we do not hesitate to say that we know of no publication which approaches this in its adaptedness to the wants of the scholar. A marked and valuable feature of this work, is, that, besides being a Biography of Authors including nearly all the most distinguished writers, it contains "a careful record of the opinions of great men upon great men." Indeed, it comprises the very cream of the best Reviews and Biographies in their criticisms of the most popular English and American Authors. The work must be successful, as it deserves to be to the publishers, who have risked so much in it, because it is one which well-informed people cannot afford to do without.

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WOMAN'S RECORD: or Sketches of all Distinguished Women, from Creation to A. D. 1868. Arranged in four eras, with selections from authoresses of each era. By Mrs. Hale, authoress of "North-wood," "The Vigil of Love," etc., etc. Illustrated by two hundred and thirty portraits, engraved on wood by Lossing & Barrett. Third Edition, revised, with additions. New York, Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1870..

The plan of this work is comprehensive, and its object most commendable. Both in style and argument, the general preface itself is sufficient to secure a favorable reception for the entire volume. Mrs. Hale treats an old subject with remarkable originality and vigor, and expresses her thoughts in a manner which continually. recalls the peculiar genius of Hannah Moore. We shall expect the revised and enlarged edition of her work with great interest, and do not doubt that it will be equal to all that is promised by her past success and literary reputation.

A GERMAN READER: to succeed the German Course. By George F. Comfort, A. M., Professor of Modern Languages and Esthetics in Alleghany College, Meadville, Pa., and author of "A German Course." New York. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1871.

Here is another book of learning about another of the great Teutonic languages, and with some novel and commendable features to it. A knowledge of the German language is becoming a necessity to many professions now that Germany has invaded America with its peaceable armies of peasants and mechanics, winning wealth out of almost every industry and making the German tongue familiar to all public and private places. The number of German text books for American learners proves the point. Mr. Comfort is a man already favorably known to the public for his labors in this direction. This "Reader" has these advantages, that while leaving out all German immoralities and irreligions, its selections are not only from the best, but the more modern representative writers, who touch upon and teach German history, art, geography and science and give much valuable general information of the fatherland. The old names like Lessing and Goethe and Schiller, (the last two sparingly given us perhaps) are here, and also the new

names of successful aspirants after German literary honors. Copious notes and a vocabulary add to the value of this compendium.

HYMNS AND POEMS FOR THE SICK AND SUFFERING, Edited by Thomas Vincent Fosbery, M.A., Vicar of St. Giles, Reading. New York. E. P. Dutton and Company. London, Oxford & Cambridge: Rivingtons. 1870, (Eighth Edition).

The aim of this book is clearly marked by its title. Under diverse sentences from the Offices of the Church of England for the sick, some pious hymn of some sweet singer of the Church, in harmony with the sentiment of the sentence, has been set, for the perusal and solace of the suffering. There are 226 separate pieces. Of this number 93 are by authors who lived prior to the Eighteenth Century: the rest are modern. Herbert and Vaughn are names that frequently appear, and the author has gathered his poems from very diverse quarters. In general these selections are judicious and full of a high-toned spirituality. A preface on sickness and its uses, full of wise and practical thought, adds value: and a generous style of publishing makes this an attractive book to the persons for whom it was especially designed. The fact that this is the eighth edition shows how it has been received by the public.

A HANDBOOK FOR LEGENDARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL ART. By Clara Erskine Clement. Author of A Simple Story of the Orient. With descriptive illustrations. New York; Published by Hurd & Houghton. Cambridge, Riverside Press. 1871.

Here is a book which we commend to the great public, as though each one was our personal friend, for speedy purchase; having no doubt but that each buyer will thank us for the suggestion. We know nothing of Mrs. Clement except what she tells us in a very womanly way in her preface: but we do know with a truly satisfying pleasure that this book of her's is the best of its kind we have ever seen. Without doubt if a man should buy Mrs. Jameson's works and a small library of others like them, he would have a more complete basis for his art-studies in legendary and mythological lore; but if he wants one modest book at a moderate price, which is a mine of information skillfully arranged for his use, he should buy this volume. Every moderate-sized library should have

Now, excepting its dangerous errors touching the Holy Communion, we have no doctrinal quarrel with the new Wittenberg sect. Its exclusive claims to Catholicity do not deserve our notice. They can only excite a tear, or a smile. Our own doctrinal system could be constructed from the writings of the orthodox Protestant Divines. Nothing can be found in our Liturgy, or our Articles which has not been maintained by some of their number. Indeed, our Prayer Book is simply the most comprehensive exposition of Holy Scripture ever made in the light of all that had been written in the Church, and is at this hour the best expression of the common Faith of Protestant Christendom ever yet produced. As a mere doctrinal basis, it furnishes to the world the most assured hope of its future Catholic unity. In regard to the essential truths of our Holy Religion, we will therefore make no issue with Lutheranism, or with any Protestant Denomination. We believe the fundamental error of Dr. Krauth, sprang from the fact that he wholly ignores the Apostolic Order of the Church. Indeed he scarcely alludes to the question of Ecclesiastical Constitution. The conse quence is, that his communion begins with Luther as its founder. It extols the genius of Luther. It magnifies the work of Luther. It revolves about the career of Luther. It takes the very name of Luther. This is inevitable in every system which departs from the Primitive constitution of the one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. It must trace itself to fallible man as its author, instead of our Divine Lord. The human element therefore predominates. The authority of God is lost. The mark of earth is substituted for the impress of Heaven. Hence we have Lutheranism, Calvinism, Wesleyanism, instead of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Now if we wish to correct such an error, and avoid such a result, we may turn to the other volume whose title is placed before this article. The contrast between the work of the Ohio, and the work of the Pennsylvania Professor is most striking. Where the latter is jejune, rhetorical, partizan, pretentious and immethodical, the former is pure in style, simple in statement, candid in deduction, modest in attempt, and complete in arrangement. The ripeness and richness of Dr. McElhinney's Book bring credit to the learning of our country, and lend dignity to the claim and cause of our Church.

Waiving, however, all particular merits of authorship, we ask, if, in presenting Lutheranism as the true Catholic Communion which should draw to itself all the sects of Christendom, Dr. Krauth is authorized to omit all allusion to Ecclesiastical Constitution? In answering this question, we must refer to the facts of Scripture, and the example of Apostles. Had the Continental Reformers of the Sixteenth Century pursued this course, their descendants of the Nineteenth Century would have possessed better title to Catholicity. The great movement, however, which they originated, and represented, related wholly to doctrine, and to experience. Luther was suddenly awakened by the Holy Ghost to see the truths of the Bible. They penetrated his inmost being. They were like fire in his soul. They stirred a mighty nature into flame. With the doctrine of Justification by Faith the Wittenberg Monk moved nations, aroused princes, and shook the Papacy to its foundations. Perhaps had Bishops participated in the reform, they would have conserved their Episcopal powers. As it was, Luther, and Calvin, in their zeal for substance overlooked form, and departed from the apostolic usages of centuries, and prepared the way for our modern Sectisms, while the Anglican Reformers, equally desirous for purity of doctrine, and piety of life, preserved the historic continuity of the English Church, and remained in the old succession, so that we their representatives, after three centuries are enabled to plead before the world both our Faith, and our Order in vindication of our claim to Catholicity. In other words we believe that the Church of the Future is the Church of the Past. It is no new creation. It is not the work of Martin Luther. It does not commence with the Reformation. It is a continuity, a unity, a development. There is no chasm of revolution separating it in Faith, or in Form, from its primitive and perfect type. For its Creed it passes through the great Councils to the Scriptures. For its constitution, it passes through the Apostles to Jesus Christ. For its worship, it passes through the history of Christendom, and gathers all the treasures of devotion from every age, and preserves the very words in which the children of God have approached their Father in confession and supplication, and thanksgiving and praise, through the grace of our Incarnate Lord, and by the power of the Holy Ghost.